Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 02, 2023

Todd is considering deleting Marilyn.

anyone can help with duct tape, please?

They have lively discussions at home, sometimes throwing down the challenge flag and going to instant replay to settle the arguments.

What every man needs. Ask any woman, if you don’t believe me.

Marilyn’s going to find a Petit Four down her throat if she doesn’t zip it.

This is not new … and yet …

… Todd has not learned to self-edit whenever Marilyn is there with him.

“You didn’t let me start!”

“When you speak, it enrages people.”

“But…”

“I’m getting enraged…”

Todd always comes correct at parties. Thanks to Marilyn, he always leaves corrected.

Good morning Balladeers, (((((Plods))))) and Miss Susan.

He: I just said but……

Like my son-in-law with his new smartphone.. that Googles constantly to correct any and all conversation. The life of the party he is..

If during a story, I said the wrong person died – fine, correct me. If I get the street name wrong, for Heaven’s sake, don’t interrupt the story. (One of the reason not still married to first wife.)

I am not that kind of Marilyn. People like this are soul-sucking jerks.

But Todd hadn’t yet said a word.

Long ago my parents bought a tape recorder to send tape-letters to the relatives back in England. That was when they discovered that every time one of them made a statement the other one contradicted them. They still stayed together for life…

Behind every man successfully heading for the door, is a woman like Marilyn.

Todd does the telling; Marilyn handles the interrupting.